In the case of Heidegger, in particular, the paramount position of technology in modern society is a symptom of something more fundamental, namely a wrongheaded attitude towards Being which has been in the making for almost 25 centuries.

Paterson says the new tax is fairer, but Mayor Bloomberg told the Post it's "wrongheaded," and added in a statement: "The idea that the state can spare the suburbs while sacking the City is terrible economics, grossly unfair and contrary to every principle of good regional development."